Buffs Women's Basketball Receiving Votes in Preseason NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On Wednesday morning, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the primary NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll of the 2024-25 season. As part of the poll, the Milligan University squad received five votes to be recognized as part of the rating.
In 2023-24, the Lady Buffs made it as far as the NAIA Opening Round after earning an at-large bid to the NAIA National Championship tournament. They posted a 23-8 record last year with a 19-3 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) mark.
Milligan is opening their season on Tuesday, Oct. 29 with a home matchup against Alice Lloyd College at 6 p.m.
The full poll is listed below:
| RANK | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | 2023-24 RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | Dordt (Iowa) [12] | 35-2 | 532 |
| 2 | Providence (Mont.) [7] | 27-9 | 525 |
| 3 | Indiana Wesleyan [1] | 29-5 | 496 |
| 4 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 31-2 | 470 |
| 5 | Concordia (Neb.) | 27-7 | 452 |
| 6 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 28-7 | 432 |
| 7 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 26-10 | 422 |
| 8 | Carroll (Mont.) | 28-6 | 412 |
| 9 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 22-11 | 357 |
| 10 | Southern Oregon | 28-5 | 330 |
| 11 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 25-7 | 326 |
| 12 | Indiana Tech | 30-4 | 298 |
| 13 | Loyola (La.) | 26-5 | 289 |
| 14 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 30-3 | 252 |
| 15 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 26-6 | 235 |
| 16 | Mayville State (S.D.) | 26-4 | 230 |
| 17 | Grand View (Iowa) | 37-5 | 216 |
| 18 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 23-9 | 200 |
| 19 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 19-12 | 192 |
| 20 | Oregon Tech | 27-5 | 181 |
| 21 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 16-13 | 163 |
| 22 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 18-11 | 151 |
| 23 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 24-10 | 139 |
| 24 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 26-6 | 125 |
| 25 | IU South Bend (Ind.) | 31-2 | 124 |
Receiving Votes: The Master's (Calif.) 115, Marian (Ind.) 102, Jamestown (N.D.) 91, William Carey (Miss.) 57, Pikeville (Ky.) 50, Tabor (Kan.) 47, Benedictine (Kan.) 43, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 39, Stephens (Mo.) 35, Southeastern (Fla.) 22, Oakland City (Ind.) 15, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 13, Arizona Christian 12, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 12, Langston (Okla.) 11, Xavier (La.) 9, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 6, Milligan (Tenn.) 5, Columbia (Mo.) 4